Who does Bolt think will win the Olympic Gold?

An Olympic Gold is easily one of the most revered sporting achievements in the track and field world.

With multiple athletes making their Olympic debut this season, the world of sprinting watches to see who will be able to pull themselves away from the pack and seize the title of the fastest man on the planet.

Three of the greatest sprinters to ever live have given their thoughts on who will win the Olympic gold medal in Paris.

Here's what they said.

Carl Lewis and Louie Hinchliffe

Carl Lewis is one of the best Track and Field Athletes of all time. His incredibly dominant career lasted from 1979 to 1996.

He won nine Olympic Gold medals and one Silver and Ten World Championship medals eight of them being gold. He is one of the most decorated track and field athletes of all time.

Lewis is currently coaching the up and coming British sprinter, Louie Hinchliffe, aged 22.

From what we can see this Olympic season Hinchliffe is in very good hands due to Hinchliffe defeating the previous favourite to win the event, the current world champion, Noah Lyles.

In the Olympic semi-finals Hinchliffe ran a tremendous 9.98 pushing Lyles to the second place position. When asked about Hinchliffe's run Lyles remarked:

"He's a talented kid"

Justin Gatlin and Kishane Thompson

Described by Usain Bolt as his "Greatest Rival," Justin Gatlin has thrown in his predictions for the men's 100m Olympic final. Gatlin has taken to X, formerly known as Twitter, to put his faith behind up and coming Jamaican Sprinter, Kishane Thompson.

Thompson currently holds the world leading time at 9.77 seconds. Ironically, this time matches the personal record of Justin Gatlin. However, due to Thompson's past history with injuries we are yet to see him run a full 100m without decelerating at the later stages of the race.

During his heat upon reaching the 60 meters mark, upon realising he had convincingly won the race, he began to drastically decelerate. It was one of the most relaxed 10.0 seconds 100m many have ever seen. Due to this many are left to question, just how fast could Thompson run if he sprinted the full 100m?

Usain Bolt and Oblique Seville

Bolt is a man who needs no introduction. He's the current world record holder for the men's 100, 200, 4x100m, that posses a top end speed like nothing the sprinting world has ever seen.

He's widely considered the very best 100m sprinter to every grace the track and has a magnetic personally that propelled him to becoming the very face of the track and field world during his reign.

The fastest man in recorded history has put his support behind his fellow Jamaican athlete, 23 year old, Oblique Seville.

In a recent social media post with Olympics Bolt said:

Seville is currently training under Bolt's legendary coach, Glen Mills.

Mills has trained a vast number of Olympic athletes over the years, such as, Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and the British athlete Zharnel Hughes.

Seville has voiced his confidence in the Jamaican team, stating to Television Jamaica, he believes all three Jamaicans can get on the podium in Paris. Listing himself, Kishane Thompson and fellow Jamaican, 22 year old, sprinter Akeem Blake as potential medallist in Paris.

A clean sweep for the island nation would be historic, however it is not impossible, with all three of the Jamaican athletes successfully progressing through their rounds of heats on August 3rd.

Seville believes if he can run a 9.80 a similar time to his personal best of 9.82 he will find himself on the podium with potentially a gold medal around his neck.

With the Olympic finals of the men's 100m fast approaching all people can do is wait and speculate.

Will Noah Lyles be able to continue his winning streak from Worlds or will a new face of Jamaican sprinting emerge on to the world stage? Could a such as Brit Hinchliffe or Zharnel Hughes take the world by storm or are we due for another massive upset in Paris?

The world eagerly awaits for the 100m finals on August 4th to get the answers to these questions.